Curtis wrote:
But the best option would be to purchase a dual-core Mac (Mini or
MacBook) and develop on OS X…dual-booting into Windows when
neccessary (or another nice option mentioned has been virtualization
software which can run windows inside OS X). Then you can have
TextMate…I realize this is probably not a viable option for
most, but it’s the final straw in my Switch.I was going to suggest something similar, too.
I realize this is probably not a viable option forWhat that doesn’t give you is autocomplete in the true sense. TextMate
looks like it has some very nice macro expansion but not a true
autocomplete. My definition of ac is to type an object name a period
and then see a list of methods available for that object. As some other
poster said it’s a great way to investigate/learn complex class
heirarchies without having to constantly refer to the docs.
Of course I’m not a Mac or TextMate user so I could be WAY off base
here. TextMate looks to have very powerful macro expansion but so do
many others (perhaps not as nice tho).
Vim 7 compiled with Ruby apparently can have autocomplete but I’m yet to
a) compile it on Win32 or b) find a compiled version with Ruby embedded.
Vim is not for the timid though. Throw a novice at most editors and
without help they could create a text document. This is not really the
case with Vim it has an almost vertical learning curve until you “get
it”.
Ross